Psalms 39:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. ”

Psalms 39:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely every man walketh in a vain show - Margin, “an image.” The word rendered “vain show” - צלם tselem - means properly a shade, a shadow; and then, an image or likeness, as shadowing forth...
Psalms 39:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXIX. Prayer of a Pious Israelite in Distress. Psalms 39:3 . The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government...
Psalms 39:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

every man. Hebrew. 'Ish . App-14. walketh: i.e. walketh to and fro, or habitually. in. vain shew . only in. mere form. Hebrew. ze lem. Occurs thirty-three times. Always rendered image, exce...
Psalms 39:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Surely man walketh in a shadow. (69) He still prosecutes the same subject. By the word shadow, he means, that there is nothing substantial in man, but that he is only, as we say, a va...
Psalms 39:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them. Walketh in a vain show - בצלם betselem, in a shadow. He is...
Psalms 39:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In a vain shew— In a vain shew of happiness. Green. The word צלם tselem, is only used twice in the psalms: Here, and Psalms 73:20 in both which places it signifies what is imaginary, in oppos...
Psalms 39:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. Surely every man walketh in a vain show - Hebrew, 'on...
Psalms 39:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin ( Psalms 39:9-11 ), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at...
Psalms 39:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Surely every man ... — Better, only as a shadow walks a man. A very commonplace of poetry, from the σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωποι of Pindar downwards. Thus Sophocles, “I see that we who live are nothing el...
Psalms 39:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:1-13 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodga...
Psalms 39:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Fleeting Measure of Our Days Psalms 39:1-13 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to t...
Psalms 39:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
Psalms 39:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have made no break or interruption in these verses, because the subject through the whole is one and the same. Under several very striking and elegant similitudes, the Psalmist in his prayer shows...
Psalms 39:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Psalms 39:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely every man walketh in a vain show ,.... Or "in an image" z; not "in the image of the Lord", as the Targum; in the image in which God created man, for that is lost; nor in that which is stamped...
Psalms 39:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them. Ver. 6. Surely every man walketh in a vain show ] Heb. i...
Psalms 39:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Surely every man walketh Passeth the course of his life; or, goeth about busily or restlessly hither and thither, as יתהלךְ, jithhallech , implies, and as the next verb more plainly expresses: In...
Psalms 39:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 1 I sai...
Psalms 39:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Walketh, i. e. passeth the course of his life; or goeth about busily and restlessly, hither and thither, as this verb in this conjugation signifies, and as the next verb more plainly expresseth. I...
Psalms 39:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). His concern was with his awareness of his own frailty and of the fact that life appears on the whole to be vain and that a man does not know what will happen to the possessions that he has built...
Psalms 39:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 16:41-42 ; 1 Chronic...
Psalms 39:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:6 , Psalms 39:12 I. Observe the very forcible expression which is given here to the thought of life common to both verses. (1) "Every man walketh in a vain show." The force of the ex...
Psalms 39:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Jeduthun was one of those who led the sacred song in the house of God in David's day, and, long afterwards, we find the son of Jeduthun stil...
Psalms 39:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is inscribed to Jeduthun, leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41 ; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5 . Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,...
Psalms 39:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle. Thought and prayer under trial I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance re...
Psalms 39:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against...
Psalms 39:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Believer's Attitude in View of the Apparent Happiness of the Godless. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a fa...
Psalms 39:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:31 ; 1 Peter 5:7 ; Ecclesiastes 1:14 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 12:8 ; Ecclesiastes 2:17 ; Ecclesiastes 2:18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:18-21 ; Ecclesiastes 2:20 ; Ecclesiast...
Psalms 39:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vain shew — Heb. in a shadow or image; in an imaginary rather than a real life: in the pursuit of vain imaginations, in which there is nothing solid or satisfactory: man in and his life, and all hi...

Psalms 39:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 39:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 39:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 39:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 39:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 39:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 39:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 39:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 39:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 39:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes